Incoherent combining and atmospheric propagation of high-power fiber lasers for directed-energy applications

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-148

  Sprangle, Phillip ^a   Ting, Antonio ^a   Peñano, Joseph ^a   Fischer, Richard ^a   Hafizi, Bahman ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Laser beam combining; Laser propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; BEAM COMBINING; BEAM DIRECTORS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGH-ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS; LASER BEAM COMBINING; LASER PROPAGATION; MULTIMODE BEAMS; OPERATING LIFETIME; SINGLE MODE; STEERING MIRRORS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FIBERS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; WAVE POWER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 70449332261     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.2002501     Document Type: Article

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